Tuition Fees
 

Just in case anyone else is following the tuition fees debate over whether UK universities should charge top-up fees and therefore block some people from going to university, create an air of elitism etc etc (guess what side i am on!!) the votes have now been cast and the Government has won the first vote with a margin of 5!

Ayes - 316
Nos - 311

The ayes have it!

Damn sad day for Education, I really thought this morning they were going to lose

I watched the vote adn it was down to the line.

Just have to hope that the Lords will not cow down to blair and has the guts to oppose it.

well we can only watch and wait, like you I hope they have the gumption to put a holt to it. The only thing it will achieve is increase the gap between have and have not's which is something I always thought Labour strived against and we will find all our higher ed. places sold off to forgien students with our own children geting a second rate education

Guess this means Mam will vote against Labour for the second time in her life at the next election, then :evil: